The World Cup remains in full speed, so now’s the excellent time to think about acquiring this Mercedes-Benz when had by Argentine football tale Diego Maradona. The Hand of God rolled this Signal Red 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC 5.0 offered at Bonhams Paris auction on February 2, 2023 with an approximated list price of EUR150,000-200,000 ($157,660– $210,214). Maradona led Argentina to triumph at the 1986 World Cup and was called the FIFA Player of the 20th Century.
“With the World Cup match in between Argentina as well as Mexico taking place this weekend, we are pleased to announce that we will be offering this extraordinary electric motor cars and truck– as well as item of sporting memorabilia– coming from Maradona, who led his nationwide team to World Cup success in Mexico in 1986,” Philip Kantor, International Chairman, Bonhams Motoring, stated. “We make certain that the SLC will certainly score very at the rostrum in Paris.”
After Maradona’s ownership, the Mercedes wound up secretive collections throughout Argentina as well as was then imported to the U.S. It has 62,000 kms (38,000 miles) considering that brand-new and was professionally restored.
In 2021, Bonhams sold a 1992 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Type 964 ‘Works Turbo Look’ Cabriolet had by Maradona for EUR483,000 ($592,124).